Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up, available for South Africans living abroad from Tuesday – 17 April 2018 – if you subscribe to Showmax International. Human Rabies It’s a brutal disease with fatal consequences. A rabies outbreak has once again reared its head in KwaZulu-Natal. This has led to the death of 4 people including its […]

Revolting Rhymes has scooped its twelfth major international award – the Emmy Kids Award for Animation! The film – with animation created by a South African studio – has already won the Cristal at Annecy; Best Animated Special at the Annie Awards; Best One-Off Special at Kidscreen; and Best Animation at the BAFTA Children’s Awards, amongst others. […]

Meet the new comedy duo sweeping the internet – Meryl and Beryl, from Cape Town, South Africa. The characters are two moms who met through their 10-year-old sons, and find their weekly coffee dates and ‘prom’ walks are the glue of their friendship, as they discuss everything from politics to kids and the polony crisis […]

A wave of new series comes to Showmax International in April. As with everything in life, Showmax is bringing you some good news, and some bad news. The good news is that there’s so much new content coming to Showmax overseas subscribers in April, that you’ll never be bored. The bad news? You might not […]

Here’s this week’s Carte Blanche line-up, which was screened for South Africans in SA on Sunday and is available for expats from Tuesday on Showmax International. Car-T Cell Therapy  A South African family was devastated when their daughter was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.  Since her diagnosis three years ago, 6-year-old Mia Cara has undergone months […]

For Showmax overseas subscribers, April just got better. South Africans living abroad are able to tune in to all their favourite shows from home by subscribing here… with a host of top new series launching this month! TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL Recently returned to Sydney, Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) is trying to […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah had his fans back home guessing on 1 April 2018 whether his announcement about a show back home is an April Fool’s joke or not. It didn’t help that Trevor started the message with  the words (in capitals): “THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S JOKE!” Trevor said: “I am surprising […]

Durban comedian Carvin H. Goldstone says when it comes to the festive season and South Africans going to the beach, you have to just know you must “choose your square metre and you stay in your square metre”! Watch below as he also tries to fathom why white people drive a short distance from their homes […]

Once again this Sunday’s episode of Carte Blanche is packed with all the latest hot topics in South Africa. South Africans abroad can watch the show (and many more TV shows and movies) by subscribing to Showmax International, where this episode will be available to stream from Tuesday 27 March 2018. Life After Esidimeni The families of the […]

Most South African expats do it. And most of them have been caught at it at least once… including one of SA’s most famous expats, Hollywood actress Charlize Theron. We’re talking about ‘praating die taal‘ in public, using Afrikaans as a ‘secret’ language when you don’t want the people around you (or your own children […]

Every South African should see this multi-award movie! Boasting seven awards from the prestigious Silwerskerm Festival – including Best Feature Film – Johnny Is Nie Dood Nie is a masterpiece of South African cinema. Johnny is nie dood nie is the first feature film from writer/director Christiaan Olwagen, and was hailed by reviewers as ground-breaking and […]

Black Panther – the superhero film set in an imaginary African country – has exceeded all expectations… reaching $1,1204-billion USD in box office sales worldwide as of Thursday 15th March, and predicted to reach $1.2-billion by the end of the weekend, according to Forbes magazine. The Marvel-produced and Walt Disney-distributed movie also looks set to become […]